MacOS Scroll Direction: “Natural” or “Regular”?

1 points by jasonrhaas 8 years ago | 3 comments

My girlfriend and I are in a fight right now about which scroll direction is proper.

I don't like the natural scroll direction, because the laptop is not an iPhone or iPad. I view the track pad as a mouse, and the "Natural Scroll" feels backward to me. She says that the "Natural" scroll matches up with all the other devices we use. Which for me is just an iPhone, and a laptop.

HN: Which way to you scroll?? Help me resolve this debate.

scott_karana 8 years ago |

I'm a "regular" guy too for the same reasons as you. My scroll wheel on traditional mice dictates how I scroll trackpads.

Potentially related datapoint: I hate inverted controls in FPSes too. (Though I use them in dedicated flight sims!)

jasonrhaas 8 years ago | |

Oddly enough I invert my controls for FPSes, and also flying games. :/

willcate 8 years ago |

Fortunately I use trackpads w/ my two desktop Macs, so of course they are set to match the default MacBook trackpad action.